Search Results - "Robert Heathcote"

Sexual selection drives asymmetric introgression in wall lizards by While, Geoffrey M, Michaelides, Sozos, Heathcote, Robert J. P, MacGregor, Hannah E. A, Zajac, Natalia, Beninde, Joscha, Carazo, Pau, Pérez i de Lanuza, Guillem, Sacchi, Roberto, Zuffi, Marco A.L, Horváthová, Terézia, Fresnillo, Belén, Schulte, Ulrich, Veith, Michael, Hochkirch, Axel, Uller, Tobias, Grether, Greg

“…Hybridisation is increasingly recognised as an important cause of diversification and adaptation. Here, we show how divergence in male secondary sexual…”
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Observing character displacement from process to pattern in a novel vertebrate community by Stroud, James T., Giery, Sean T., Heathcote, Robert J. P., Tiatragul, Sarin, Yuan, Michael L., Feeley, Kenneth J., Losos, Jonathan B.

“…Ecological character displacement, whereby shifts in resource use in the presence of competing species leads to adaptive evolutionary divergence, is widely…”
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Habitat stability and predation pressure affect temperament behaviours in populations of three-spined sticklebacks by Brydges, Nichola M, Colegrave, Nick, Heathcote, Robert J.P, Braithwaite, Victoria A

“…1. There is growing interest in the causes and consequences of animal temperaments. Temperament behaviours often have heritable components, but ecological…”
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Fear of predation drives stable and differentiated social relationships in guppies by Heathcote, Robert J. P., Darden, Safi K., Franks, Daniel W., Ramnarine, Indar W., Croft, Darren P.

“…Social relationships can have important consequences for fitness in animals. Whilst numerous studies have shown that individuals often join larger groups in…”
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The Role of Experience in Problem Solving and Innovative Tool Use in Crows by von Bayern, Auguste M.P., Heathcote, Robert J.P., Rutz, Christian, Kacelnik, Alex

“…Creative problem solving and innovative tool use in animals are often seen as indicators of advanced intelligence because they seem to imply causal reasoning…”
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scent of sun worship: basking experience alters scent mark composition in male lizards by Heathcote, Robert J. P, Bell, Emily, d’Ettorre, Patrizia, While, Geoffrey M, Uller, Tobias

“…Signals used in female choice should honestly advertise the benefits that males can provide, with direct benefits often argued as being more important than…”
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Spatial memory predicts home range size and predation risk in pheasants by Heathcote, Robert J. P., Whiteside, Mark A., Beardsworth, Christine E., Van Horik, Jayden O., Laker, Philippa R., Toledo, Sivan, Orchan, Yotam, Nathan, Ran, Madden, Joah R.

“…Most animals confine their activities to a discrete home range, long assumed to reflect the fitness benefits of obtaining spatial knowledge about the…”
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A Matador-like Predator Diversion Strategy Driven by Conspicuous Coloration in Guppies by Heathcote, Robert J.P., Troscianko, Jolyon, Darden, Safi K., Naisbett-Jones, Lewis C., Laker, Philippa R., Brown, Antony M., Ramnarine, Indar W., Walker, Jeffrey, Croft, Darren P.

“…Understanding the adaptive function of conspicuous coloration has been a major focus of evolutionary biology for much of the last century. Although…”
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The role of mate competition in speciation and divergence: a systematic review by Lackey, Alycia C R, Scordato, Elizabeth S C, Keagy, Jason, Tinghitella, Robin M, Heathcote, Robert J P

“…Competition for mates can play a critical role in determining reproductive success, shaping phenotypic variation within populations, and influencing…”
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On the role of male competition in speciation: a review and research agenda by Tinghitella, Robin M, Lackey, Alycia C R, Martin, Michael, Dijkstra, Peter D, Drury, Jonathan P, Heathcote, Robert, Keagy, Jason, Scordato, Elizabeth S C, Tyers, Alexandra M

“…Little attention has been given to how males competing for mates can facilitate the evolution and persistence of new species. We expand the current framework…”
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An extreme cold event leads to community-wide convergence in lower temperature tolerance in a lizard community by Stroud, James T, Mothes, Caitlin C, Beckles, Winter, Heathcote, Robert J P, Donihue, Colin M, Losos, Jonathan B

“…Extreme climate events are predicted to increase in frequency and severity due to contemporary climate change. Recent studies have documented the evolutionary…”
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Dynamic eye colour as an honest signal of aggression by Heathcote, Robert J.P., Darden, Safi K., Troscianko, Jolyon, Lawson, Michael R.M., Brown, Antony M., Laker, Philippa R., Naisbett-Jones, Lewis C., MacGregor, Hannah E.A., Ramnarine, Indar, Croft, Darren P.

“…Animal eyes are some of the most widely recognisable structures in nature. Due to their salience to predators and prey, most research has focused on how…”
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Developed turbulence and nonlinear amplification of magnetic fields in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas by Meinecke, Jena, Petros Tzeferacos, Anthony Bell, Robert Bingham, Robert Clarke, Eugene Churazov, Robert Crowston, Hugo Doyle, R. Paul Drake, Robert Heathcote, Michel Koenig, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Carolyn Kuranz, Dongwook Lee, Michael MacDonald, Christopher Murphy, Margaret Notley, Hye-Sook Park, Alexander Pelka, Alessandra Ravasio, Brian Reville, Youichi Sakawa, Willow Wan, Nigel Woolsey, Roman Yurchak, Francesco Miniati, Alexander Schekochihin, Don Lamb, Gianluca Gregori

“…The visible matter in the universe is turbulent and magnetized. Turbulence in galaxy clusters is produced by mergers and by jets of the central galaxies and…”
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Evolution of non-kin cooperation: social assortment by cooperative phenotype in guppies by Brask, Josefine Bohr, Croft, Darren P, Edenbrow, Mathew, James, Richard, Bleakley, Bronwyn H, Ramnarine, Indar W, Heathcote, Robert J P, Tyler, Charles R, Hamilton, Patrick B, Dabelsteen, Torben, Darden, Safi K

“…Cooperation among non-kin constitutes a conundrum for evolutionary biology. Theory suggests that non-kin cooperation can evolve if individuals differ…”
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A major player need not be the only player in speciation: a response to comments on Tinghitella et al by Tinghitella, Robin M, Lackey, Alycia C R, Martin, Michael D, Dijkstra, Peter D, Drury, Jonathan P, Heathcote, Robert J P, Keagy, Jason, Scordato, Elizabeth S C, Tyers, Alexandra M

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Characterisation of nine European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) microsatellite loci of utility across sub-species by Heathcote, Robert J. P, Dawson, Deborah A, Uller, Tobias

“…Human-assisted dispersal of the European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) has created conservation concerns due to extensive introgression between normally…”
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Habitat stability and predation pressure influence learning and memory in populations of three-spined sticklebacks by Brydges, Nichola M., Heathcote, Robert J.P., Braithwaite, Victoria A.

“…Learning and memory enable animals to adjust their behaviour in variable environments. Not all habitats vary to the same extent, and thus different…”
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Optimizing laser coupling, matter heating, and particle acceleration from solids using multiplexed ultraintense lasers by Yao, Weipeng, Nakatsutsumi, Motoaki, Buffechoux, Sébastien, Antici, Patrizio, Borghesi, Marco, Ciardi, Andrea, Chen, Sophia N., d’Humières, Emmanuel, Gremillet, Laurent, Heathcote, Robert, Horný, Vojtěch, McKenna, Paul, Quinn, Mark N., Romagnani, Lorenzo, Royle, Ryan, Sarri, Gianluca, Sentoku, Yasuhiko, Schlenvoigt, Hans-Peter, Toncian, Toma, Tresca, Olivier, Vassura, Laura, Willi, Oswald, Fuchs, Julien

“…Realizing the full potential of ultrahigh-intensity lasers for particle and radiation generation will require multi-beam arrangements due to technology…”
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Male behaviour drives assortative reproduction during the initial stage of secondary contact by Heathcote, R. J. P., While, G. M., MacGregor, H. E. A., Sciberras, J., Leroy, C., D'Ettorre, P., Uller, T.

“…Phenotypic divergence in allopatry can facilitate speciation by reducing the likelihood that individuals of different lineages hybridize during secondary…”
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Habitat Stability and Predation Pressure Affect Temperament Behaviours in Populations of Three-Spined Sticklebacks by Brydges, Nichola M., Colegrave, Nick, Heathcote, Robert J. P., Braithwaite, Victoria A.

“…1. There is growing interest in the causes and consequences of animal temperaments. Temperament behaviours often have heritable components, but ecological…”
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